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	* ''[[Gone to the Dogs (2006 film)\|Gone to the Dogs]]'' (2006) – Jack		* ''[[Gone to the Dogs (2006 film)\|Gone to the Dogs]]'' (2006) – Jack
	:* Sources:<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tony-booth-english-actor-father-tony-blairs-wife-dies-at-85-1042980\|title=Tony Booth, English Actor and Father of Tony Blair's Wife, Dies at 85\|date=26 September 2017\|access-date=26 September 2017\|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/coronation-street/news/a839094/tony-booth-till-death-us-do-part-cherie-blairs-father-dies-aged-85/\|title=Till Death Us Do Part and Coronation Street actor Tony Booth dies aged 85\|work=Digital Spy\|access-date=26 September 2017\|date=26 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="BBC"/><ref name="Shameless"/>		;* Sources:
			*<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tony-booth-english-actor-father-tony-blairs-wife-dies-at-85-1042980\|title=Tony Booth, English Actor and Father of Tony Blair's Wife, Dies at 85\|date=26 September 2017\|access-date=26 September 2017\|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>
			*<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/coronation-street/news/a839094/tony-booth-till-death-us-do-part-cherie-blairs-father-dies-aged-85/\|title=Till Death Us Do Part and Coronation Street actor Tony Booth dies aged 85\|work=Digital Spy\|access-date=26 September 2017\|date=26 September 2017}}</ref>
			*<ref name="BBC"/><ref name="Shameless"/>

	==Memoirs==		==Memoirs==

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	\| birth_name = Anthony George Booth		\| birth_name = Anthony George Booth
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	* [http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba12a1707 Anthony Booth] at the [[British Film Institute]]		* [http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba12a1707 Anthony Booth] at the [[British Film Institute]]
	* {{IMDb name\|id=0095641\|name=Anthony Booth}}		* {{IMDb name\|id=0095641\|name=Anthony Booth}}

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{{Short description|English actor (1931–2017)}}
{{redirect|Anthony Booth|the Victoria Cross recipient|Anthony Clarke Booth}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Tony Booth
| image = https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/medium_portrait/28/72097.jpg
| birth_name = Anthony George Booth
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1931|10|9}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2017|9|25|1931|10|9}}
| birth_place = [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]], England
| death_place = [[Todmorden]], [[Yorkshire]], England
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1960–2010
| spouse = Gale Smith (m. 1954; div. {{circa|1961}}) {{marriage|[[Pat Phoenix]] |1986|1986|end=died}} {{marriage|Nancy Jaeger |1988|1996|end=divorced}} {{marriage|Stephanie Buckley |1998}}
| children = 8, including [[Cherie Blair|Cherie]] and [[Lauren Booth|Lauren]]
}}
'''Anthony George Booth''' (9 October 1931 – 25 September 2017) was an English actor, best known for his role as Mike Rawlins in the [[BBC]] series ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]''. He was the father-in-law of former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Tony Blair]] and the widower of ''[[Coronation Street]]'' star [[Pat Phoenix]], marrying her a few days before her death in 1986.

==Early life==
Booth was born into a working-class family in Jubilee Road, [[Liverpool]], in 1931 and raised Catholic.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/26/tony-booth-actor-campaigner-dies|title=Tony Booth, actor and campaigner, dies aged 85|work=The Guardian|date=26 September 2017|access-date=26 September 2017}}</ref> His mother was a Roman Catholic of Irish descent, and his father was a merchant seaman during [[World War II]] and Catholic convert. Tony Booth attended St Edmund's Infants School and spent a year in hospital as a child with [[diphtheria]]. He then passed the [[Eleven-plus|Eleven-plus examination]] and attended [[St Mary's College, Crosby]], where he was awarded a [[bursary]] to cover the cost of his books.<ref name="BBC"/>

His hopes of going to university were dashed when he had to leave school and get a job after his father was badly injured in an industrial accident. He then worked as a clerk in a docklands warehouse and at the United States Consulate in Liverpool, before being called up for [[national service]] with the [[Royal Corps of Signals]].<ref name="Labour">{{cite book|first=Tony|last=Booth|publisher=Blake Publishing|year=1997|title=Labour of Love|isbn=978-1-85782-181-9|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/labouroflove00tony}}</ref>

==Acting==
Booth developed a taste for acting when posted in the [[British Army|Army]] to [[Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe|SHAPE]] in Paris.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/26/tony-booth-cherie-blairs-father-andtill-death-us-dopart-actor/|title=Tony Booth, Cherie Blair's father and 'Till Death Us Do Part' actor, Dies at 85|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=26 September 2017|date=26 September 2017|last1=Boyle|first1=Danny}}</ref> He spent five years in repertory theatre, before appearing in films and television during the 1960s.<ref name="Telegraph"/> He played roles in over twenty films, including ''[[The L-Shaped Room]]'' (1962), ''[[Corruption (1968 film)|Corruption]]'' (1968), ''[[The Girl with a Pistol]]'' (1968), ''[[Brannigan (film)|Brannigan]]'' (1975), ''[[Priest (1994 film)|Priest]]'' (1994) and ''[[Owd Bob (1998 film)|Owd Bob]]'' (1997).<ref name="BBC"/> He appeared early in the run of the television series ''[[Coronation Street]]'' in 1960 and in an episode of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', but it was his role as the left-wing son-in-law in ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'' (1965) that brought him recognition.<ref name="Guardian"/>

Booth made guest appearances in many other television series. He starred alongside [[Robin Askwith]] in the ''Confessions of ...'' British sex comedy film series as Sidney Noggett between 1974 and 1977.<ref name="Sky">{{cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/story/cherie-blairs-father-actor-tony-booth-dies-aged-85-11054124|title=Tony Booth, father of Cherie Blair and 'Till Death Us Do Part' Actor, Dies at 85|publisher=Sky News|date=26 September 2017|access-date=26 September 2017}}</ref> These were ''[[Confessions of a Window Cleaner]]'', ''[[Confessions of a Pop Performer]]'', ''[[Confessions of a Driving Instructor]]'' and ''[[Confessions from a Holiday Camp]]''.<ref name="Sky"/>

From 1985 to 1986, Booth appeared as pub landlord Ted Pilkington in the short-lived ITV soap ''[[Albion Market]]''.<ref name="Shameless"/> He starred in the 1998 short film ''[[The Duke (short film)|The Duke]]'', playing an elderly man who tells his adoring grandson that he is [[John Wayne]].<ref name="BBC"/> In 2001, Booth appeared in several episodes of ''[[Family Affairs]]'' playing Barry Hurst, [[Sadie Hargreaves]]' brother-in-law.<ref name="Sky"/>

Booth played a tramp named [[Nobby Stuart]] in a special two-hander episode of ''[[EastEnders]]''.<ref name="Chalmers"/> In 2007, he also played a tramp called [[Errol Michaels]] in ''[[Emmerdale]]''.<ref name="Sky"/> Both of these characters played the purpose of a spiritual guide to a down-and-out character, in ''EastEnders'', [[Alfie Moon]] ([[Shane Richie]]) and in ''Emmerdale'', [[Bob Hope (Emmerdale)|Bob Hope]] ([[Tony Audenshaw]]).<ref name="Irish"/>

==Personal life==
Booth was married four times and had eight daughters by five women. By his first wife Gale Howard, he had two daughters, Cherie and Lyndsey.<ref name="Shameless">{{cite news|last=Stuart|first=Julia|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/troublesome-relatives-the-shameless-booths-418232.html|title=Troublesome relatives: The Shameless Booths|work=The Independent|date=30 September 2006|access-date=26 September 2017}}</ref> [[Cherie Blair|Cherie]], a [[Queen's Counsel|King’s Counsel]], is married to the former Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]]. While Booth was a long-standing supporter of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], his politics differed from that of his daughter and her husband.<ref name="Chalmers">{{cite news|last=Chalmers|first=Robert|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/tony-booth-confessions-of-a-loose-cannon-517879.html|title=Tony Booth: Confessions of a loose cannon|work=The Independent|date=4 December 2005|access-date=26 September 2017}}</ref>

Booth nearly burned to death in November 1979 when, during a drunken attempt to get into his locked flat, he fell into a drum of paraffin.<ref name="Chalmers"/> He spent six months in hospital and needed 26 skin graft operations.<ref name="Chalmers"/> Shortly after his discharge from hospital, he went to visit an 'old flame', ''[[Coronation Street]]'' actress [[Pat Phoenix]]. She took him in and nursed him back to full health, and they lived together for six years. Phoenix's own health subsequently declined, and the pair married a few days before her death from lung cancer in 1986.<ref name="Chalmers"/>

With his third wife, Nancy Jaeger, he had a daughter, Joanna.<ref name="Sky"/>

Booth had five other daughters with partners he did not marry. He left Gale, his first wife, in 1961 for Julia Allan, with whom he had two daughters Jenia and Bronwen.<ref name="Chalmers"/> He had a daughter, Lucy Thomas in 1967 with Ann Gannon, who worked in radio sales, after a brief relationship; this did not become known publicly until 2002.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/cherie-s-sister-part-of-my-life-says-booth-1-1373757|title=Cherie's sister 'part of my life', says Booth|work=The Scotsman|date=26 May 2002|access-date=26 September 2017}}</ref> His relationship with Pamela Smith, which began in the 1960s, lasted 13 years; the couple had Booth's other two daughters, Emma and [[Lauren Booth]], a broadcaster and journalist.<ref name="Chalmers"/>

In a rebuke to the British government's treatment of pensioners, Booth retired to [[Blacklion]], [[County Cavan]], in Ireland in 2003, but returned and lived in [[Broadbottom]], {{convert|10|miles}} east of [[Manchester]].<ref name="Fox">{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/09/26/actor-tony-booth-father-in-law-tony-blair-dies-at-85.html|title=Actor Tony Booth, father-in-law of Tony Blair, Dies at 85|publisher=[[Fox News Channel]]|date=26 September 2017|access-date=26 September 2017}}</ref> In 2006 he said he was the victim of [[Anglophobia#Ireland|anti-English bias]] while living in Ireland.<ref name="Irish">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1526694/Anti-English-bias-ends-Booths-Irish-idyll.html|title='Anti-English bias' ends Booth's Irish idyll|first=Tom|last=Peterkin|date=18 August 2006|work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref>

Booth was diagnosed with [[Alzheimer's disease]] in 2004. He suffered a stroke in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/married-to-alzheimer-s-disease-1.1602659|title=Married to Alzheimer's disease|work=The Irish Times}}</ref> He also had [[chronic heart failure]] and [[chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2017/09/26/tony-booth-star-of-till-death-us-do-part-and-emmerdale-dies-aged-85-6956832/|title=Tony Booth - star of Till Death Us Do Part and Emmerdale - dies aged 85|date=26 September 2017|access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref> Booth died on 25 September 2017 at home, aged 85.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41400441|title=Actor Tony Booth dies|date=26 September 2017|publisher=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/09/26/world/europe/ap-eu-britain-obit-tony-booth.html |title=Actor Tony Booth, Father-In-Law of Tony Blair, Dies at 85 |work=The New York Times |date=26 September 2017 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

In March 2019, Booth's widow Steph published the book ''Married to Alzheimer's: A Life Less Ordinary with Tony Booth'', a memoir about her time caring for her husband.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://booksinthemedia.thebookseller.com/reviews/married-to-alzheimers|title=Married to Alzheimer's Book Reviews - Books in the Media|website=booksinthemedia.thebookseller.com|access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref>

==Filmography==
* ''[[Suspect (1960 film)|Suspect]]'' (1960) – Parkin
* ''[[Pit of Darkness]]'' (1961) – Ted
* ''[[The Valiant (1962 film)|The Valiant]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Mix Me a Person]]'' (1962) – at 'La Paloma' / Gravy
* ''[[The L-Shaped Room]]'' (1962) – Youth in Street
* ''The Partner'' (1963) – Buddy Forrester
* ''[[The Hi-Jackers]]'' (1963) – Terry McKinley
* ''[[Of Human Bondage (1964 film)|Of Human Bondage]]'' (1964) – Martin (uncredited)
* ''[[The Saint, The Rhine Maiden]]'' (1965) - Hans
* ''[[The Return of Mr. Moto]]'' (1965) – Hovath
* ''[[The Saint, The Russian Prisoner]]'' (1966) - Pyotr
* ''[[The Girl with the Pistol]]'' (1968) – John
* ''[[Corruption (1968 film)|Corruption]]'' (1968) – Mike Orme
* ''[[Till Death Us Do Part (film)|Till Death Us Do Part]]'' (1969) – Mike Rawlins (the boyfriend)
* ''The Exorcism of Hugh'' (1972) – Delamare
* ''[[Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (film)|Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall]]'' (1973) – Tommy Brettell
* ''[[Montreal Main]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Confessions of a Window Cleaner]]'' (1974) – Sidney Noggett
* ''[[Brannigan (film)|Brannigan]]'' (1975) – Freddy
* ''[[Confessions of a Pop Performer]]'' (1975) – Sidney Noggett
* ''[[Confessions of a Driving Instructor]]'' (1976) – Sidney Noggett
* ''[[Confessions from a Holiday Camp]]'' (1977) – Sidney Noggett
* ''[[Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair]]'' (1979) – Steve
* ''[[Priest (1994 film)|Priest]]'' (1994) – Tommy
* ''[[Owd Bob (1998 film)|Owd Bob]]'' (1998) – Tammas
* ''[[The Duke (short film)|The Duke]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Treasure Island (1999 film)|Treasure Island]]'' (1999) – Chief Revenue Officer
* ''[[Revengers Tragedy]]'' (2002) – Lord Antonio
* ''Upstaged'' (2005) – Candidate – Leggings
* ''[[Gone to the Dogs (2006 film)|Gone to the Dogs]]'' (2006) – Jack
:* Sources:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tony-booth-english-actor-father-tony-blairs-wife-dies-at-85-1042980|title=Tony Booth, English Actor and Father of Tony Blair's Wife, Dies at 85|date=26 September 2017|access-date=26 September 2017|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/coronation-street/news/a839094/tony-booth-till-death-us-do-part-cherie-blairs-father-dies-aged-85/|title=Till Death Us Do Part and Coronation Street actor Tony Booth dies aged 85|work=Digital Spy|access-date=26 September 2017|date=26 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="BBC"/><ref name="Shameless"/>

==Memoirs==
* Tony Booth, ''Stroll On'' (1989)
* Tony Booth, ''A Labour of Love'' (1997)
* Tony Booth, ''What's Left?'' (2002)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba12a1707 Anthony Booth] at the [[British Film Institute]]
* {{IMDb name|id=0095641|name=Anthony Booth}}

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